Austin Family Portraits: The Van Slykes

On the third day of Christmas, Santa gave to me three big grins.

Tender sister love.
 and a branch full of purple berries.

 

Just as it was getting cold everywhere else this December 1st, Austin was holding on to it’s last fall breaths.

I met the Van Slykes in the park for my last family portrait session of the season and could not have asked for a better ending. Little Bess (love the name and even more that it was her grandmother’s) had quite an extended vocabulary for a two-year old. I love the element of uncertainty that comes with a two-year old vocabulary. And big sis, Madeline, decided she would “creatively pose” toward the end of the session which resulted in a face off.

I enjoyed working with this family tremendously and I hope you’ll enjoy their images the same.

A Barnyard Bash

To meet my cuteness quota for fall, I have a floor length post with photos from our group’s first birthday bash. Our moms know how to go all out- our babies’ first Halloween party received wide acclaim so it was no surprise that Valarie and Brooks would go all out with a Barnyard Bash for Baby B (our babies’ first 1st birthday celebration). They brought in a petting zoo and some of the babies were a bit timid at first, dare I say chicken, but with the help of Mom and Dad the party animals finally came around and enjoyed all the barnyard fun.

Little Miss BC, the Birthday Cutie.

The guest of honor with her BIG brother.

This guy loves his baby sis.

These guys came very close to being our neighbor. I’m sad it did not happen!

A natural in front of the camera. More to follow!

Couldn’t he totally pass as a mini-Donald Trump?

Look at this million-dollar $mile

and these baby blues!!



The joy of motherhood is perfectly displayed here.
Hey- I’m still mastering the art of crawling and your walking away from me is getting in the way!

Could she be any more of a daddy’s girl? Impossible.

Perfect little chin rest.

These animals could not get enough of her! Who can, really?

No more peach fuzz!?

A photo opp with the wonderful Dads!

Milan and I tried asking Eileen and Toby for the secret sauce..

We want Tulsi’s cheeks squeeze-ably cute as the I-ster’s.

Proof that he exists 🙂

I am: a) holding a baby, b) posing a baby, c) snapping a photo of two cute babies, d) all of the above.

“You want me to do what?”

Austin Family Portraits: Two for the Price of Two

I met the Langs earlier this week for a family portrait session, and upon arriving I immediately felt like they were longtime friends. Joe and Allison are both great people so it is no surprise their pair of handsome little men would be so sweet and pleasant to work with. They smiled, posed, walked over here and back over there, hopped, and stopped picking honeysuckle all on demand. No bribery or counting down required. Definitely a first!

My instinct when it comes to photographing boys? I gravitate toward fun, active and lively. However, there are special situations where sweet and a little pose-y also proves the point. Meet the Jesse and Brady. Double the cute. Double the fun.










Allison, Joe, Jesse and Brady- you guys are amazing. Have a wonderful time with your family in San Diego!

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